Disable Indexing Service in Windows XP
Indexes contents and properties of files on local and remote computers; provides rapid access to files through flexible querying language. What did you just say?
Geek translation: If you do not do a million file searches in Windows XP you can turn this off for a overall speed boost.
To turn off Indexing Service click “My Computer”, right- click this icon (hard drive icon) and click “Properties”:
This window opens…
See where it says “Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching”? Un-check that box and click “OK”.